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the monster storm's ever-expanding path of death and destruction. >> welcome to a brand-new hour of our monster storm sandy coverage. here's what the storm looks like. it is 900 miles wide and likely to affect at least 50 million people by tuesday afternoon. the projected damage, perhaps, as high as $20 billion. that would make this one of the costliest natural disasters in u.s. history. sandy, no longer classified as a hurricane, the foredafters telling us, it is packing hurricane-fourses winds. now we go to the extreme weather center with the very latest. >> reporter: you know what? the big concerns across the new york city subway system, the mta chairman is saying that they're probably facing the worst disaster they have had in the 108-year history of the subway system with the water in there. it is salt water. they have to figure out how to

get that water out of the subway system. and when they do that, it is salt water, it is corrosive. they have to find a way to clean everything. we could be in a world of hurt in the transportation system, in new york city. so that's a big problem. we know that the tunnel between new york city and hoboken is across the hudson river. that's taking up water. the path tunnel, the train system, as well. so big, big problems and another high tide cycle that is going to come in at 9:00 in the morning. we'll see the storm surge or the water rising there. so we could see additional flooding, unfortunately. winds, take a look at the wind field. we have the winds in the 25 to 35-mile-per-hour range in chicago and cleveland. in the 40s right now. a wind field from canada, towards parts of the deep south is really, really amazing. and this is going to take awhile for it to begin to loosen up. tell do so, but it will be a

slow process. blizzards warning with very strong winds across the central appalachians. and whiteout conditions, thunder-snow when you get very, very high snowfall rates, a very interesting situation here. a blizzard with a tropical system. but all the way down across the southern appalachians will see the snow. the heaviest likely in and around west virginia. but we might see snow in the lower elerations, across ohio and maybe across the piedmont in towards virginia. flooding a concern. we'll continue to see the rain just shift farther inland and we will see inland flooding in the higher elevations with the hot air meeting the cold air, bringing out a lot of moisture there. wind advisory across the area, again. if there is any good news, it's that the worst of the storm is over. however, areas toward the west will see an increase in the wind and the rain and the snow will continue. and here you go, the last of the

rain, maybe not the last. there might be a few more showers that build in behind this, but the last of the heaviest rain moving in across new jersey. but certainly, their beaches took a beating, as well as the shoirs across long island and in toward the long island sound. you start to see the storms come in and they happen in the late afternoon and night. we don't see the images and sometimes it's really hard to get a good handle on the damage tahas been done until the morning. tomorrow morning, when the light comes up and we see the peculiars come in. it will be very scary and a lot of people will be shocked. >> a massive storm in its size. rick, we appreciate. >> it let's go to delaware. the national guard has been looking for stranded victims there. people in the low-lying areas being told to leave, for days now. some did. in did not. some 30,000 are in the dark. and the water is quickly rising. the durable and intrepid kelley

wright is still there. >> reporter: i want to start where you started, the national guard, being out and about to make sure that people in low-lying areas are being protected and taken care of, if need be, rescued. we are not able to show you that because getting back because it isn't daylight and we can't see the damage. right here, where i am stang, kishow you that there is no damage from what we can see, because the lights are on here on the famous boardwalk of the rehoboth beach. you can see, every light is on, for those business owner who is chose to leave their lights on. in of them advertising their businesses, which they typically do. imagine if you would, if this was a regular night, we would see people out here. but that's not the case because we have heavy surf and winds still approaching, even though it's tapering off.

the worst is over, gregg. that's a good thing. what is good about this, so many people here in delaware used their common sense and took heed to the warning of their governor. the governor issuing a mandatory evacuation as of last night, 8:00 p.m., so as a result of that, people got o thereof. in fact, i was coming up here to actually be involved in reporting on the storm for fox. we were able to see people actually leaving the area... getting out of harm's way, those die-hard beachgoers who chose to stay, chose at the risk of limb and at the risk of pulling in first responders to help them. but happy to say, rehoboth beach dodged a bullet. now there is some flooding going on in the morning hours, when the daylight approaches. we will be able to show you the flooding beyond us. keep in mine, the winds that came our way did not cause flooding here, but the back winds, the easterly winds coming

back this way, actually might have caused some damage because of the del marva peninsula surrounded by water. there's the bay on that side, the rehoboth bay and the indian river, inland. all of that can be back water and cause what is known as tidal stacking, where the ocean and the inlets begin to merge and meet in the middle. so somewhere along the pp, you can be sure that's happening. 25 miles away from us, we saw a similar situation like that with ocean city. quickly before we go, i will show this gregg, i know you love this area because you used to live nearby that. pink house is still standing, without any damage. and in fact, i am surprised -- they didn't even board up the windows. you know, that's a beautiful, victorrian hope. it's still standing, no damage, from what we can see, no wind damage, to the windows. it gives you an idea of how much this area was spared, the

shelters are open. people have gone to the shelters, getting out of the harm's way approximate in the low-lying areas. when daylight approaches, we will be able to see the damage that sandy dumped on rehoboth beach and the rest of delaware. back to you. >> it looks like they really got lucky. but we won't know fully until sunrise. and i know you will be checking it out. >> i want to stress that. i want to be cautious about that. i do not want to over emphasize, there could be significant damage that we are not privy to because of where we are staning. from our vantage point, we can see that the wind is dying down and the waves have sub sided. but that's not to say that the worst has not been visualized by our eyes. >> it is amaze that this boardwalk hasn't been ripped up. >> reporter: yeah. >> we have seen that happen in past storms. this is really, at least where you are-- >> reporter: so truism it seems amazing. we will wait and see when the

sun rises. we will check back with you. >> reporter: all right. >> thank you. >> atlantic city, about a 50-foot piece of the boardwrack washed away. so we know that damage happened. lots of evacuations, the storm forcing thousands of evacuations along the east coast. the threat of flooding a top concern inform connecticut, the governor has been telling people in low-lying areas to leave for days. molly is keeping an eye on things for us in new london and she has the latest. what is the biggest danger right now? >> reporter: you know, you mention the low-lying areas, that's something that the authorities have been concerned about. even those way up on a hill, far away from the owingside can see a lot of damage. take this home. we are not close to the water, but this has been occurring across connecticut, the big wind storms and the 70-mile-per-hour gusts have taken down a lot of these great, big trees. that's causing another very

important piece ever danger to the community. that's downed power lines. quite a few downed power lines is causing the outages, the 500,000 to 600,000 outages that are reported earlier this evening. and they struggled to get the lights back on. it's a dangerous situation, especially for people going out in the dark, as we were seeing in the last hour or so utility crews are looking at everything. we will still be a precarious situation on the ground. that's what the authorities are most concerned about, people not heeding the dangers and going out to look at the storm damage that has occurred. we know there has been at least one death as a result of a tree falling. a very serious situation. >> you know, molly, i have been watching your coverage throughout the day. earlier, where urch standing, you could see the water rising

and the waves crashing. what about the flooding? a lot has been made about the storm surge. what happened with that? >> reporter: definitely with the big storm surge, we saw it coming over the seawalls, across the roads into the local parks and the communities here. the low-lying areas were flooding long before the surge hit. so it will be a matter of getting to daytime and seeing how bad things really look. governor moloy has been very strong on a number of issues, talking about this being a catastrophe and called on people to be as careful as possible to get out of the low-lying areas. take a listen to the governor. >> we are experiencing 5 to 7-foot seas in the lower portion of the long island sound from new haven, on. so if you take that 11 feet and add 7 feet to it, that's what we are talking about. >> reporter: you think, we could see from our point, each in the darkness, so much debris, not just down by the sea wall,

but all over the community. a lot of trees like this. it will be a mart of daylight to get a better handle on how bad things are and how much damage the storm surged in and the trees coming down have caused. >> the damage estimates put perhaps between $10 to $20 billion, which would make it one of the costliest natural disasters in u.s. history. thank you so much. we appreciate t. >> all right. i want to show smuphotos from you, our reporters, right in the middle of the storm, parts of new york city fwght hit hard by strong winds. this taxi on riverside drive, took a hit, obviously, when a tree crashed on its hood. this photo sent to a school child, asking their mother inf they had to go to school today. kihelp you with the answer there. she -- this subway entrance. obviously making it impossible

to get to emplaces. this is in the bronx of new york city. if you happen to be in the storm's path, we want to see what you are seeing, only do it safely, please. send us your pictures or video to ureport@fox news.com. but don't take any chances and be safe. >> big problem, all of that salt water down there in the subway system. so that could be for days to come, an issue to deal with. >> it's going to be a mess. >> they were warned, but still, they refused to g. some homeowners chose to stand their ground and defy the wrath of mother nature. coming up, we will talk with them. a new jersey woman who wouldn't make a run for safety.

>> the monster storm wake -- making its way up the east coast, blamed for 13 deaths. for days, emergency management folks have been telling people near the water, head for higher ground. evacuations all along thest coastline. not everybody heeding the warnings. evelyn santiago is in wildwood, new jersey and she is here now on the telephone. how's your house? how are you? >> caller: i am on the porch, looking right now. thank god, the water went down a

lot. i had put everything up. what i did, i had a rug outside and took my decoration off the wall, and wrapped it up interest a rug to make, like a sandbog in -- sandbag in frop of my door. if my house, my son's car got messed up. i put a rug back there, so it won't go inside the kitchen. right now, the only thing that's real bad right now is the wind. >> evelyn, you know, you realize that the water could although it appears to be receding now, it could go back up? >> caller: i know, i know. yeah. >> so why are you staying there -- it's too late now? >> caller: well, like i said, i had faith in god and i pray every day. i have everything, like, the only thing that can come in, even though my porch is new and the water can come in. but via little bag, a flat, like a sandbag, i have only one way entrance in the front door.

i am between two houses and stuff. >> hey, evelyn, you know, when they told everybody to get out, how come you decided not it to? >> caller: because my son is on 26th street with a baby. i couldn't leave him behind. you know what i'm saying? i got my grandkids, they all stayed. >> why not everybody get out? >> caller: i don't know. if they would have gone out, i would have gone out. but my grandson was staying with me. i sent him to has other grandmother. that was my main concern. me, thank god, i can survive. i'm 50 years old. i have been here with a long time, a snowstorm and everything. >> you generally stick around. how about irene, you stuck around for that one, too? >> caller: yes, di. >> how did you stick around? >> caller: i did good. i stayed right in my room. >> one of the rearngs evelyn, that officials tell people to get out is, they don't want to risk the lives of rescuers. >> caller: i know. >> trying to get to people like

you. does that ever cross your mind? >> caller: well, today, i told my family, this is my last time for now on when they say evacuate, i am. because today, i cried. i was scared. this is worse than what i went through last year. i will never go through this again. >> you are not out of the woods yet. >> caller: i know, i know. yeah. i know. >> do you have any plans to... to try it get out even under the current circumstances? or are you going to hunker down? >> caller: right now, like i said, thank god, the water went down. but if it's down, i will leave in the morning, you know what i'm saying? right now, thank god, it's all right. the trees we had -- they're small. i'm between two houses and the trees, all, my point's far are away. you know what i'm saying? >> i goch a. but, you know, maybe next time -- >> caller: i will not do it. i swear to god.

>> good idea. >> caller: i don't want to jeopardize my family. i will bring them with me -- i will drag them with me. this scared me this year. >> evelyn santiago, in wildwood, new jersey, best of luck to you and your family, thank you so much. >> good luck to you. >> i want to pause and take a quick check of the headlines for you. the energy department saying that this storm has left more than 3 1/2 million customers without power so far. but some put that number at closer to 5 million. we have heard 5.2. in virginia, arlington national cemetery has been closed to tourist, but the army continues to stand guard over the tomb of the unknown. broadway theaters will be closed on tuesday for the third day because of safety concerns, the broadway league hopes all will be back to normal by wednesday and the new york stock exchange also cloals closed tomorrow.

>> so many amazing precedents. new york subway system, running 100 years or so, this is the second time it's been entirely shut down. and broadway, the lights are dim. it was very erie -- eerie to be walking around times square and nobody there. the lights are on, but nobody's there. >> i remember when i moved to new york, two years ago and they had the massive blizzard, 23 inches of snow. i walked through times square then and it was deserted. this is the same type of feeling, like a ghost town. >> there is a picture, at least part of times square. >> completely deserted. as it should be because everyone's heeding the warnings to stay home. >> all right. while most people do run from storms like this and stay home, some of them rush toward them. and jeff piatrowski is a storm

chaser, on the phone from new brunswick, new jersey. >> caller: good morning. >> i have been listening to your adventures, all day. you have been traveling with this storm, traveling, following it. tell us about your experiences with sandy. >> caller: sandy, gosh, broke a lot of records. the downtown and battery pork park, i was talking to the local residents, telling them the gravity of the situation, this is not like a storm that new yorkers have ever seen before, based on the data we had. we left in the morning and started our way south and got down, down to surf city and kept going all the way south through atlantic city, ocean city and by the time we were down there, the cities were already underwater. there was cape may, no other way to actual this, from cape may to

wildwood, ocean city, atlantic city, beach haven, surf city, all the way up the northeast coast, on the point and what happened in new york city and still on the way, there is basically a catastrophe along the coast. a lot of it, water and to the businesses, homes. beach-front property, massive erosion, 30-foot waves off the southeast coast of cape may, when it was making landfall in ocean city, right before dark d. now we took the tollway back up north and the parkway, expressway, coming up north. and after we got up north, we got stuck on the expressway, water storm surge and crossed the bay and flooded the area, all the way back to new brunswick, there is one rescue and things like that, as the water backed up in the creeks

and streams. it's been an incredible day -- >> jeff, not to interrupt here, we are looking at, so the viewers at home, this is a dashcam video of you, as you are driving along. our meteorologist, i believe, he has a kefor you, as limp rick, are you there? >> reporter: yeah. jeff, i have been on a number of storms, where i have seen you with jeremy, who i believe you are with -- >> caller: right. >> reporter: track these storms all the time. do you have any thoughts on just the expanse of this storm? you know, so many types you see a storm surge and it might be a little more isolated. can you speak to how large of an area has been affected by this? >> caller: you know, rick, there has been, the storm-- the storm has been, we have the data, we have witnessed that this goes all the way up to the nova scotia, all the way down to south carolina, and this is this

is going to go down as one of the big of the storms in the u.s. and northeast and probably one of the most damaging storms in the u.s. as far as dollar damage. probably except $20 billion, maybe $25 billionful it will go down, it will be very expensive. but it it is a very large storm and impacts millions of people. it's one of the largest storms i have ever seen and one of the meanest. this storm was brutal. i mean, i can tell you, people at sunup, people will be amazed, i went 18 from the coast to lakewood, all the way up to new brunswick, and there is stupid damage to tree, home, skyscrapers, well inland, very, very far inland, extensive damage. it will be basked in white and i think the power will be out for weeks, if not over a month in a very large area.

>> reporter: jeff, were there moments that you felt in danger? >> caller: yes, i did. i felt extreme danger, especially by cape may, atlantic city. cape may was nothing left of it. absolutely super scary. the waves were so large... i tell you, the waves were so large, there was just a roar, like a roar from the ocean, a huge battering waves, over 35, at times, maybe 40-foot high, crashing on the coast, eating the coast away and it was growr devoured with the wash. it was very scary down at cape may. >> jeff, i know there was a situation, was it the joplin tornado where you were in fear for your life? you think this is definitely worse? >> caller: well, it's a total different situation. that was a very... you know, a couple-mile area of extreme damage. but this covers thousands of

miles. >> but just in terms of your own safety and how you felt covering it? >> caller: two different -- you can't really compare the two. there are two different things. joplin was a quick, you know, you have an "f," with 150 miles per hour and here, you have days or weeks of knowing it's on its ways and all the meteorologists knew it was going to be a really bad one and this has proven to break all records. >> jeff, where do you end? where is jure -- where does this take you? where do you end in terms of chasing this storm? >> caller: i think there is a lot to be discovered. i think tomorrow we will come into new york city, providing we get in over the bridges or something. once we see, i think, to document, you know, the tunnel surges and some of the areas, where the water backs up to the tributearies and look at the

water marks and what has happened, and what is happening in manhattan. that will be pretty amazing for the history books. but there is a lot of damage of there is a lot to discover. we have a blizzard on the west side, breaking records out there. there are people there covering that. i think when we are done, this storm is going to produce more records, on all kinds of damage for tunnel surges, storm surge, wind gust, the size of the storm, as far as that, at then of the day, it will be the dollar damage. i think it will exceed $20 billion. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us, you have been called america's bravest weatherman, perhaps tonight and today is the reason why. >> caller: thank you. >> the super storm making landfall, 5 1/2 hours ago, causing massive damage on the northeast, all night long. at least 13 people kale killed. the worst might be over. tracking sandy all night.

we will be back for an update.

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>> welcome back. recapping the latest on monster storm sandy, the system has lost strength, sitsince hitting the northeast corridor. but forecasters tell us the devastation likely to continue several more hours, perhaps even another day. we have the extreme weather center with the very latest. we are dwg to have the effects from the storm at least two more days or so. tomorrow, we have a tornado threat in new england, we will be dealing with the winds at least another 36 hours, they will slowly subside is there will be more people without power, latest is 6.5 million. i should say rez deps or homes, that means many more people, assuming more one person per resident. take a look at the winds, the

gusts. 85 miles per hour in connecticut. down in towards jersey, 88 miles per hour. storm came on shore here. people often fixate on where a storm comes on shore. take a look at just how far away we saw the incredible winds and that caused a lot of damage, including some of the problems that we saw across right in towards parts of manhattan. let's take a look at the pictures out of manhattan. this is really incredible. tonight, we had a full moon, so we had the high tide at a full moon, which means it's a higher full moon. in addition to that, we had the storm surge, coming on at the highest point and water over the hudson river, water over the east river. water coming in at the bottom end of the island, battery, causing the damage. that's water entering into the tunnel that connects manhattan with brooklyn. and that, obviously, flooding, what do do you with that? this picture here is one of the scariest pictures i have seen, going to the path subway train,

the train that goes from new jersey to manhattan, right at the world trade center site and that water coming right in there, that's salt water, it will be hard to mump that water out of there. nobody has any idea how long it's going to take, until they can get the subway system back online in manhattan. add on to that, we are seeing a persistent southeasterly wind. all that water that funnel into here, you can see the coastline here, the water can't get out thereof. while the tide has gone out and allowed the water to recede. when the tide goes back up at 9:00 in the morning, we will see that water again rise. i don't think we will see the flood thrag we saw before. but we might see the water get back up above the sea wall and over the rivers. part of the problem is the water came in to long island sound. we had an 11-foot riser here, connecting on the east river, a tidal river and major problems right there.

still, we are delling with the winds. these are the gusts, from -- 44 miles per hour in new york city. 50 in harrisburg, pennsylvania. frar in -- 44 in philadelphia. but go way off towards the west, cleaverland, ohio, wins gusting to 64 miles per hour. we have 43-mile-per-hour gusts in chicago. so far away from the center of the storm and those kind of winds. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> all right. this historic storm is causing untold suffering and damage, new jersey coastal areas among the hardest hit. craig boswell from absecon, new jersey. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good evening to you. since we toke to you last. last time we were talking with you, i kept telling you, i am not looking past you, i am looking at the sounds off of the buildings around me. i am looking around the carc here and i see where a lot of

gutters and the siding has fallen off, falling against the cars and it was falling towards us. so that's the sounds that i was hearing with the winds whipping up. this storm, sandy, could be called sibyl because it's changed so many personalities and it's gotten so cold here as the wind whips up. when people wake up into the homes that they have evacuated or the hoelse that have no power, they are going to find a very cold environment tomorrow and in atlantic city where we had to get of earlier, as early as noon, we had to leave atlantic city and come here to absecon, to higher ground, because atlantic city was flooded at noon. i can't imagine the people canoeing around from home to home to home today, hathey will find when they get up tomorrow in the daylight, when we have had this high tide, as you mentioned, the high tide with a full moon and the storm surge

that has come across. we are not sure what we are going to find tomorrow in atlantic city, if we can go into atlantic city. it remains to be seen. what remanies, the boardwalk in atlantic city. we will see what remains of that storm tomorrow. we'll see the families that stayed here to ride out the storm. what they end up in the light of day. we saw off to the side of us, several hours ago, a transformer, just exploding up into the sky. the blue hue up into the sky and then it went dark, down the highway 30. we have a long night ahead of us and a long day tomorrow, as people get out and look and see what damage they have to clean up, if the rain clears out of here tomorrow. >> craig boswell with a nod to psychiatrists in the reference to sibyl. thank you very much. >> a good description. precing and serving new jersey,

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>> welcome back, time for a quick check of the headlines, the u.s. death toll from sandy, now at least 16 people. meanwhile, the energy department saying that this storm has left more than 3 1/2 million customers without power. that number expected to climb. and driving wind and water knocking the facade right off this four-story parm building in lower manhattan, earlier this evening. the governor of west virginia declaring a state of emergency and blizzard conditions in more than a dozen could you wanties. one traffic fatality reported in that state, blamed on the weather. crazy, gregg. >> it really is. when super storm sandy is behind

us, new jersey likely to emerge as one of the states hardest hit by this unprecedented system. take a look at the images from the jersey shore. that explains why, it has been pounded, absolutely pounded by sea surges, most of monday and is likely to continue suffering the force of sandy for several more hours, maybe throughout the entire day and into the next. and through all of that, new jersey's finallest are standing by to assist anyone unfortunate enough to get caught in the storm. joining us now is sergeant adam grossman with the new jersey state police in west trenton. talk to us about what your folks have been doing. >> good morning. at this point, we have been monitoring the storm... being in close communication with the county oem personnel. and we are really waiting for daybreak to... survey and assess

the state and see where the assets are needed and we will start deploying assets. >> the pictures of destruction and flooding seem to be so extreme there. have you had to undertake rescues? >> caller: we have not -- we are not going to send our emergency subpoenaers out. weaver are echoing governor christie's advice that -- our responders will not go out until daybreak. so, right now, we are in a stand-by mode. >> so when somebody contacts you and needs urgent help, you are doing -- >> caller: we will go out there. we are going to assess -- the situation, the calls are coming in locally. if they need a local agency, need our assistance, we will go out there and assist. >> i know what the governor said. and i don't -- if somebody needs help and they contact you --

>> caller: judges, we are going to help. >> you are saying you are not not going to help until daybreak. >> caller: we are going to help. >> have you undertaken rescues in. >> caller: not at this point. >> okay. because you have not needed to, is that correct? >> caller: correct. >> what about evacuations, do you have any way of knowing how many folks heeded the evacuations in. >> caller: no. i don't have that number. >> how about the destruction? do you have any -- >> caller: no. we are still... we are going to get a lot of that information when day breaks. >> maybe, we will take talk to you at daybreak. sergeant adam grossman, thank you. >> caller: thank you. >> heavy rain and further flooding in the days ahead for millions across the northeast. of course, the impact of this beastly storm will be wide spread, 900 miles across, the system reaching across almost half the cont nen at united

states. think about that. rick is keeping an eye on it and a electric at where sandy is heading next. that's next, so stay with us.

>> welcome back, our viewers have been senning us, pictures from the front lines of hurricane sandy. take a look at this one, just

outside the bronx, new york, mass flooding, flooding long island sound in throgsneck, closing in on the homes there. in west virginia, sandy creating wild weather, bringing blizzard conditions in beckley -- yeah, that's snow there. more than 6 inches of the white stuff falling today. if you are in the storm's path, we would love to see what you are seeing. sen us your pictures or videotape to ureport@foxnews.com. >> we are mop toring sandy. the storm making landfall five hours ago at this point, taking a toll on everything in its path. if i'my, signs that maybe the worst of it may be over. still ahead, assessing the damage when the daylight appears and there will be a lot of damage from this storm. already, we know, cleaning up, it will be a very costly

process. kelley wright is in rehoboth beach, delaware, for us this evening. what can you tell us? what are the condition there is now? >> reporter: heather, i would like to say they are clearing up, but there will be some winds, gusting up to more than 40 miles per hour, here along the rehoboth beach coastline. as you look at surf, it's a lots more calm than it's been in the past 24 hours. i recall seeing it this morning and it was which you wering upwards of 6 to 8, 10 feet of surf... really tall and as i look out in the distance there, i can begin to see the flickering of a buoy light, which means, that's a good sign. that means kisee that far away now and see some lights flickering off in the distance, probably indicating the depth of those particular areas, those buoy markers out there, no ships at all in sight. but you can see the cleanup that

will have to take place. this debris along here, this is part of the sand dune. it really got pummeled by the storm. they will have to come in and replenish that. that's going to cost money for the people here in delaware. all along the area, beyond the beach front, there are some low levels. those low levels have experienced flooding. there will have to be plenty of work for that to be done. we are cut off, due to the fact that the chesapeake bay bridge is closed. the tidings bridge, which crosses the susquehanna is also closed. so there is damage all the way along the line. people are finding themselves in low-lying area, only toke to be backed up because they can't ged get across because of the floods. there is power on here in rehoboth. there are very few people here in rehoboth, except those of us

respecting the news. the governor gave an urgent evacuation order. people adhered to it and that saved a lot of people, as well as prevented more damage to not only personal property, but also to people. so when the people come in tomorrow morning, they will find that there is a lot of cleanup to do. that will be costly, but i am happy to say right now that we haven't heard of any injuries or worse -- loss of life. >> we see you out there, all bundled up. there is a cold chill in the air? it's very unusual. i know you are covered hurricanes before. usually, we're dealing with warm weather, moist conditions. but to be standing there, covering a hurricane, all bundled up like that, how unusual is that for you? >> reporter: well, it is not unusual at all. any time you cover a nor'easter or any type of storm or wind event, it can change the nature of the temperature, not only in the water, but also the temperature in the air.

typically, reducing it to the point that it is cold, that you will, from the ocean spray and from the wind, alone, that will be somewhat freezing to you. so it's always important to bundle up and be safe, be well and take care of your body so we can keep reporting to you without going home to have a cold and under weather. >> thanks. >> it is tough out there. you are doing a great job. the powerful grip of this storm, sandy, paralyzing lower manhattan. coming up next, incredible images from near wall street, one of new york's main community arteries inundated by floodwaters. how long will it take to recover from this mess? that's the sound of car insurance compani these days. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice, you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example.

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